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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have a related question for you all. While
cleaning out my 86 year old Mother-in-law's house we found her Mother-in-law's
pictures. They were inside a blanket box 20 x 20 x 6. There's at
least 200 pictures inside, all are on that 1/8 inch hardboard that old pictures
are on. I'd say the pictures are 80 to 120 years old and haven't
seen the light of day for decades. I plan to scan them. Actually I
scanned 1/2 of them but the scanner was defective and there are streaks through
the pictures. What do I do with the actual pictures. Good for all of
you who are labeling your pictures. 80% of these are not identified, which
makes me sad. I know I'd absolutely love to know who these relatives
are. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ronda</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ross1948@bendcable.com href="mailto:ross1948@bendcable.com">George
Ross</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] old photos</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>When putting together our family
history photos we begin each generational family with the family group
sheet. The photos are added after the group sheet beginning with photos
of the parents and then photos of the children. We also add documents
such as birth certificates, BLM land claims, letters, citations from
books, wills, census records, etc. and end with the death certificate(s) and
obituary(ies) and photos of grave stones when they are available.
Then we begin the next family.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>There is always a question of "how
many photos" to add or "is it too much information", but with the older family
ancestors we don't usually have a problem deciding what to use.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>We use only two acid free squares
when we attach our photos.(That's the same when scrapbooking our recent
photos, too, as we know the photos won't fall out of the sheet
protectors). We also have acid free <U>clear photo corners</U> that we
use if we don't want to have the squares stick to the photo. I have been using
black background paper or a tan color for most of my background sheets when
doing my heritage albums. I will use special scrapbooking paper for
wedding photos. For my heritage albums I do very simple pages and include the
names of the individuals and approximate date and location, if known. I've
also seen some lovely pages that should be hung on a wall and not hidden
in a book.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>There is no "real" way to do your
albums. No moderator is going to ask you if "that's your final answer,
do you want to phone a friend or take an audience poll" when you are
deciding what to use and where to place things. Just doing it will allow
others the opportunity of looking at an organized glimpse into the past in
future years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>Good Luck!
Julie</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>